If a $16 trillion debt wasn't enough for taxpayers to lose sleep over, the Obama administration has offered to pick up the check -- at taxpayer expense -- for legal costs associated with defense industry layoffs should automatic Pentagon cuts be triggered.

Republicans are now crying foul over the move, accusing the White House of playing politics over the possibility of mass layoffs. At issue are the crush of Pentagon budget cuts set to go into effect starting in January should Congress fail to avert them. Under federal law, many employers are supposed to give 60-day notice of "mass layoffs" if they are considered likely, but the Obama administration for months now has urged companies not to do so.

Last week, the administration doubled down on that plea by offering to cover legal fees in compensation challenges.

Well, since there is no legally authorized “National Budget”, all the money that the Treasury has and can borrow is now a sort of “slush fund”, which our dear leaders can dole out to “reward their friends” and “punish their enemies”.

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